Starlink: Battle for Atlas – Discover the Different Ways to Play

Starlink: Battle for Atlas is built around customization, letting players easily swap in new ships, wings, weapons, and pilots as they freely jump from planet to planet in the wide-open Atlas star system. The Starlink fleet, including all starship components and pilots, are compatible with each other*, enabling players to creatively mix and match parts to assemble the starship of their dreams.

That free-form mentality also extends to how you approach the game experience. In Starlink: Battle for Atlas, you can play with physical models of ships and parts mounted on your controller, or with digital versions of the starships, weapons and pilots selected from a menu.

The Starlink development team wants to give to players the choice to play the way they want, and they’ve revealed more about how that will work when the game launches on the 16th of October.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas will be available in multiple editions. Players eager to start collecting the physical ships will want to pick up the Starter Pack, which on Xbox One and Playstation 4 includes:

A physical copy of the game

One controller mount for connecting the starships to your game

One Zenith starship

One pilot, Mason Rana

Three weapons: Shredder, Flamethrower, and Frost Barrage

A Starlink poster

The Nintendo Switch edition, meanwhile, features:

A physical copy of the game

One Joy-Con grip with mount for connecting the ships to your game

One Arwing starship

Two pilots, Mason Rana and Fox McCloud

Two weapons: Flamethrower and Frost Barrage

Digital versions of the Zenith starship and Shredder weapon

A Starlink poster

In addition to the unique gameplay experience created by playing with the modular toys, players can also continue playing without their physical starships at any time. Connecting any Starlink toy to the game will unlock a digital version of it for seven days, allowing you to continue playing without toys at any time, or to leave them at home while playing on the go with Nintendo Switch.

Players who don’t want the physical toys, but still want to experience the massive open world star system of Starlink: Battle for Atlas can purchase the game as a Digital Edition, which includes the game as well as digital versions of the following: four starships (five on Switch, including the Arwing), six pilots (seven on Switch, including Fox McCloud), and 12 weapons. Then there’s the Digital Deluxe Edition, which includes the game and digital versions of all its launch content: five starships (six on Switch), nine pilots (10 on Switch), and 15 weapons.

Additional starships, pilots, and weapons are also available for purchase separately, either in physical packs or as digital downloads. At launch, four different Starship Packs will be available, each including a ship, a pilot, and a weapon. Players will also be able to purchase four different Weapon Packs (each with two weapons), or four additional Pilot Packs (each with one pilot). Meanwhile, players who have a Starter Edition but want to get all the rest of the launch content digitally can purchase the Collection 1 Pack (four ships, eight pilots, and 12 weapons). Players who buy the Digital Edition can also purchase a controller mount separately to play with the physical ships and accessories.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas also supports two-player, split screen local multiplayer throughout the entire game. Players can seamlessly drop in and out of an existing game with or without a mount and toys, expanding their combat options and allowing for devastating combos as they share and swap parts with their friends.

For all the details, including pricing, check out the official site. Starlink: Battle for Atlas will launch on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on October 16. For more on the game, check out our previous coverage.

*Fox McCloud and the Arwing are only compatible with the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas

In Starlink: Battle for Atlas, you’re part of a group of heroic interstellar pilots, dedicated to free the Atlas star system from Grax and the Forgotten Legion, an evil robot force.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas offers a whole new gameplay experience: to play, build your own modular Starship model, mounted on your controller, to take part into epic space combats. Equip your model with different parts, and your Starship changes in game in real time. Assemble your fleet, mix and match your pilots, Starships and weapons to create your own play style and defeat the enemy.